'We just hit somebody' - Frontier Airlines plane kills runway trespasser at Denver airport

[Grant]

Air traffic control audio captured the moments after a Frontier Airlines plane fatally struck a person who had jumped a perimeter fence on to a runway at Denver International Airport on Friday night.
"We just hit somebody," the pilot tells the control tower after halting Flight 4345's take-off. "We have an engine fire."

Smoke could be seen in the Airbus A321's cabin, but Denver Fire Department quickly extinguished the fire. All 224 passengers on board were evacuated by inflatable emergency slides as a matter of precaution, Frontier said.

Frontier Airlines plane kills runway trespasser at Denver airport

The unidentified individual had jumped a perimeter fence two minutes before being struck by the airliner.

www.bbc.com

 

[theratman]

Frontier Airlines plane kills runway trespasser at Denver airport

The unidentified individual had jumped a perimeter fence two minutes before being struck by the airliner.

www.bbc.com

FAFO. Gotta feel for the pilots and even the passengers, scarred because of an idiot.

 

[My_King]

Should have practiced defensive safe taking off. 50/50 to blame.

 

[Gordon_R]

$10 million for a new engine...

 

[Grant]

Should have practiced defensive safe taking off. 50/50 to blame.

??

that is like 50/50 blame on a driver when someone suddenly sprints across a freeway in front of a car, and is hit by that car !

 

[purrr]

So an engine on fire, which means body parts...

 

[wingnut771]

How dumb do you have to be to jump a fence and still get hit on the runway.

 

[Rumple4skin]

Good riddance. We can do with fewer idiots in this world.

 

[wingnut771]

Good riddance. We can do with fewer idiots in this world.

Candidate for Darwin Awards.

 

[NarrowBandFtw]

So an engine on fire, which means body parts...

more like mush ...

How dumb do you have to be to jump a fence and still get hit on the runway.

my first thought was rather it might be a very elaborate way to commit suicide i.e. deliberate

 

[wingnut771]

more like mush ...


my first thought was rather it might be a very elaborate way to commit suicide i.e. deliberate

Surely a highway and an 18 wheeler is easier? No fence jumping needed.

 

[NarrowBandFtw]

Surely a highway and an 18 wheeler is easier? No fence jumping needed.

I don't pretend to fully comprehend the logic of batshyte crazy ...

 

[wingnut771]

I don't pretend to fully comprehend the logic of batshyte crazy ...

If its on purpose then not candidate for darwin awards?

 

[HAL 9000]

Video footage of the tragic & fatal incident...

Watch as a Frontier Airlines aircraft forced to make an emergency (rejected take-off) after a pedestrian on the runway was struck and sucked into one of the jet’s engines.

Watch as horrifying footage from earlier this morning shows the moment Frontier Flight 4345, departing from Denver International Airport and bound for Los Angeles, was forced into an emergency evacuation after a man reportedly walked onto the active runway and was sucked into one of the aircraft’s engines during takeoff.

The impact triggered a brief engine fire, which was quickly extinguished by airport firefighters.

Officials later confirmed the individual had been walking on the runway prior to the incident, though the reason remains unknown and is now under investigation. No injuries were reported among the 231 passengers onboard the aircraft.

Frontier Airlines and federal investigators are now reviewing how the person was able to gain access to an active runway at one of the largest airports in the United States, raising serious questions about perimeter and airfield security procedures.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2053105042173960311

 

[HAL 9000]

Photo of the destroyed engine...

 

[NarrowBandFtw]

If its on purpose then not candidate for darwin awards?

yep, in the Darwin awards that is considered cheating I think

although suicides have been awarded in the past, some level of unplanned or luck factor seems to be required for those cases and they're often said to be urban legends e.g. https://darwinawards.com/legends/legends1999-03.html

 

[RedViking]

How dumb do you have to be to jump a fence and still get hit on the runway.

While the plane was landing , that person was probably high and flyin'

 

[RedViking]

Photo of the destroyed engine...

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If that was in South Africa there will be a pair of plakkies there somewhere still in perfect condition.

 

[RedViking]

Video footage of the tragic & fatal incident...

https://twitter.com/x/status/2053105042173960311

Officials later confirmed the individual had been walking on the runway prior to the incident

Seems like they are slacking on security. Someone should be fired.

 

[s0lar]

Everybody so serious? So many meme possibilities here.